Bruce Allen Lee v. Ron Van Boening

81 F.3d 168 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Bruce Allen LEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ron Van BOENING, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-35909. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 26, 1996. * Decided March 29, 1996. Before: GOODWIN, WIGGINS, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Bruce Allen Lee, a Washington state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial as moot of his motion for a preliminary injunction in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief regarding prison officials' handling of his mail. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (a)(1), and we affirm. 3 Lee sought a preliminary injunction prohibiting the defendants from delaying, opening, and destroying his grievance correspondence with government officials. The district court denied the motion for preliminary injunction as moot on the basis that in another case, the district court had permanently…